But instead of clarifying his position, he launched into a gaffe-strewn rant against the fans and media, while repeatedly getting the names of players and management wrong – including pronouncing Yohan Cabaye as ‘Cabab’.

He also claimed to have signed a player who had already been at the club for several years when he arrived.

He referred to managing director Derek Lambias as ‘Lambezee’, Shola Ameobi as 'Amanobi', Jonas Gutierrez as 'Gaultierez' and Hatem Ben Arfa as both ‘Ben Afrie’ and 'Ben Afra'.

When asked about supporter unrest, he said on talkSPORT: “Look at my record. These people ask what have I done. Where have these people been - on another planet? I’ve played in five Cup Finals and won the lot. I played more than 400 games for Tottenham Hotspur.

“Already they’re jumping on the bandwagon and saying, ‘look out, Pards’. But I expect it, it’s water off a duck’s a**e.”

Kinnear, who actually made 258 appearances for Spurs, said he will meet manager Alan Pardew on Tuesday as both men attempt to establish some boundaries.

The 66-year-old, who managed the Geordies in the 2008-09 season - which ended in them being relegated from the Premier League - claimed to have brought keeper Tim Krul, who made his Magpies debut in 2006, to the club.

He also claimed to have paid £50,000 for striker Dean Holdsworth when Wimbledon manager (actual figure: £720,000) and to have been Manager of the Year three times (he was LMA Manager of the Year in 1994).

However, the incident happened on a Thursday (hence the UEFA Cup scores on the Mirror back page reporting his outburst - see below), and the Magpies had not played since the previous Saturday - when they LOST 2-1 to Blackburn.

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Newcastle fans immediately took to talkSPORT and social media to express their embarrassment and anger:

@huwsilk The most awful, cringeworthy interview for an #nufc fan to listen to.

@carljpurvis Well that is one of the most outrageous, embarrassing things I’ve listened to in a long time. #Kinnear.

@1jonkershaw That Joe #Kinnear interview is absolutely priceless. #nufc will be unstoppable next season with Kebab and Ben Afri in midfield.

@niallbache He doesn’t even know the names of the players in his own team, but he is the director of football deciding on transfers?

Kinnear has previous for name-mangling.

During his spell as Newcastle manager, he called winger Charles N'Zogbia 'Insomnia'.